The Poop Walk

This is the story of how Drake and I both ended up covered in poop. In a college town. Two hours away from home. This is the story of the poop walk.

Friday was a beautiful day for Drake, my mom and I to take a road trip 2 hours down the road to visit my sister at college. We stopped to checked out Meggie's dorm room and decided since it was so gorgeous out to take the 15 minute walk downtown for lunch. We ended up at a great burger joint.

The burger joint ended up being  more like a bar than a  restaurant and had super dim lighting(important to keep in mind for later in the story). Our food just arrived and all of us were digging in when Drake started making the poop grunt noises. All you moms out there know exactly the sound I'm talking about. So Drake does his business and I decide since our next stop was the bookstore I would wait and change him there as the bathrooms at this place left much to be desired. As we were finishing up our lunch Drake stated fussing so I picked him up out of stroller and held him. I then passed him off to my sister.  I started packing up to leave notice a  strange spot on my jeans. After further investigating the spot in the poor lighting I realize it is poop. Meg gives Drake a once over and notices a bit of poop on the outside of his pants. It appears as Drake had a a minor blowout so we pay our bill and make our getaway.

As we emerge from the dark dungeon into the bright sunlight I see that the damage is far worse than what I assessed inside. Drake has somehow manged to poop all the way down his leg and it is all over his sock and the outside of his pants. I take his socks off, wipe off his pants as best I can and assess myself. I have poop on both legs of my jeans(my new ones) and on my shirt. The poop was smashed into my jeans and smeared on my shirt, so no amount of baby wipes were going to make a dent in it. My sister also has a bit of  poop on her shirt and jeans.

This is where having a good sense of humor comes in real handy, because really if I did not laugh I would cry. So we all laughed and laughed and laughed. We decided while we were at it we might as well document the situation.

The wet spot you see is where I wiped all the poop off Drake. My question....how does it get out of the pants through the leg and that far up?!?!

You can't see because of the lighting, but where the red marks circles are indicate poop in that whole area!! Isn't Drake going to love that I documented this when he get older?!?!?

And so then the poop walk begins. We start walking and get no further than 10 steps and run into one of Meg's friends. She laughs at our pooped covered clothing and joins in the poop walk across campus. A campus that is large. A campus that loves to drink. A campus that is hip. A campus that up until today may never have experienced a poop walk. I think we may have started something!

P.S.
Please know that everything ended well. Our poop walk ended back at Meggie's dorm where we showered Drake off and put clean clothes on him. Thankfully Meg and I are about the same size so I was able to borrow some clothes for the trip home.(Note to self: start bringing  extra clothing for you next time you head out of town anywhere with baby.)

And one more thing...
My lack of proper laundering skills was exhibited again on Friday when I washed and soaked all of our clothes in hot water. Turns out that caused my jeans to bleed and turned the  white things blue. Drake now has a blue onesie and I now have a blue tank. Pretty awesome, huh?

I'm a Mean Momma Because....

I will not let Drake play with the cleaning supplies.

 I also will not let him chew on electrical cords, or climb the stairs by himself, or stand up in a cart in Target.

I told you I was mean!

Reflux is Back

Warning: This post could get long as I'm so frustrated and sad about this subject. Don't say I didn't warn you.

Well it actually was never gone, but for the last several months Drake's medicine had been doing a great job of keeping him comfortable and his reflux under control. In the last couple of weeks some of the tell tale signs that his reflux was bothering started showing up again. First it was the cough and junky sounding throat, and then the crying started when he took his nighttime bottle, the spitting up increased again, and finally he has even started to cry when he eats his baby food.
He sees a Pediatric GI for this issue and we luckily have had a follow up appointment scheduled for this month since December. After this weekend I was concerned enough to call and see if we could move our appointment up, I had no luck but I'm on a waiting list if an slot does open up. The nurse did talk with the doctor who said that Drake is already on the maximum does of his Prevacid so we can't increase the dosage. So we sit and wait until out appointment in a couple of weeks.

I feel awful for Drake. I feel helpless and frustrated that there is not more I can do to make him feel better. I know how much reflux hurts as I had it while pregnant, and let me tell you it is not pleasant…AT ALL.

You want to know a strange fact related to all of this? I don't know what it is like to have a baby who likes to eat out of a bottle or drink formula. He was diagnosed with reflux at 7 weeks, but started showing symptoms a few weeks prior to the diagnosis. As his reflux got worse he developed a strong aversion to his bottle, so much so that even when his reflux was under control he would scream at the sight of his bottle. Yep, he knew at 4 months old that the bottle had caused him pain in the past and he wanted nothing to do with it. So anyways where I'm going with this is that after he turned 6 months old he totally stopped drinking any bottle except for the one before bed. We of course have made up for this, with our doctors help, by supplementing with DHA cereal(made with formula) 2 times a day, giving him as much baby food with DHA as we can find, and are VERY mindful of everything we feed him.

Now even baby food, which was our saving grace in the past, is hurting him. I never thought I would say this (hey I like convenience) but I'm going to try to make my own baby food. By making my own I can make it thicker and thicker foods don't aggravate his reflux as much. Wish me luck!!!

I know this is something he will most likely grow out of and I know in the grand scheme of things this is just a bump in the road. But I also know that as a mother there is nothing worse than seeing your child in pain and knowing there is nothing you can do to make it better. So for the time being I can be mad, frustrated, and just plain pissed off at reflux for what is has done to my baby.

If you have a baby with reflux how do you deal? Any tips or suggestions are appreciated!!

If you made it all the way through this you are awesome!! In return I promise the next post will be more upbeat!

THIS is what we want to get back to...a baby who enjoys eating!!

The New Topping For Toast

I have some deeper posts sitting in my draft folder so I thought before we got to all that I would share something a little lighter.

You see this little monkey?

He can't be trusted, not even for one second.

So on Saturday morning I put my toast in the toaster, coated it with peanut butter and topped it off with some grape jelly all while keeping both eyes on my little man.

I went to take a bite and caught a whiff of a smell coming from my toast that was not bread, peanut butter or grape jelly.

I looked closer only to find that I did not put grape jelly on my toast but rather BBQ sauce!

Each day is truly an adventure at house... and that is just the way we like it!

WubbaNub Review/Giveaway

GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED

 Drake LOVES his paci and will pop one into his mouth whenever he sees one.  Soothie pacifiers have been our choice since day one. We have always loved the pacifiers but have had a very difficult time finding a good pacifier holder for it.

The Yellow Duck WubbaNub

Here is where the WubbaNub comes in. The WubbaNub is a small plush animal with a Soothie pacifier permanently attached. It is easy for babies to grasp and put in their mouths all while having the comfort of a cute stuffed animal to cuddle...what a great idea!!

As you can see Drake LOVES his WubbaNub, it is so easy for him to put in his own mouth and is even perfect for crawling around with!!  I only wish we had this earlier when Drake was having all the problems of putting the paci back in his mouth!!

Go to the WubbaNub website to find out where you can purchase one.

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Just Like Papa

Happy Birthday Dad!

 I took the photos below as a surprise birthday present to my Dad. He is a family physician and loves showing off his grandson to his patients. Now he has the perfect photos to do just that!!

Looks like Drake would make a great doctor just like his Papa!

Our Easter Weekend in Pictures

I hope all of you had a great Easter weekend!

Drake's first Easter was great and full of:

Eggs: What I thought would be a good photo op turned into a really fun thing for Drake to put in his mouth so we had to cut the photo shoot short.

Easter Bunny: Every baby needs a picture with a scary cute bunny!

Easter basket: Looks like the Easter Bunny brought some pretty awesome stuff!

Cute random shots: I LOVE LOVE LOVE to capture Drake when he has no idea...I'm so sneaky!!

Egg hunt: Drake received a few big empty eggs in his basket, of course the simplest thing turned out to be the favorite!

Family photo: Every holiday calls for one and I happen to love the one we captured here!

A golfer: Drake is ready to hit the course in his stylin' outfit and with his new clubs!

We also enjoyed a fantastic church service, great food, time with family and every single second of soaking up Drake taking it all in.